I also use a "leaf blower" of sorts to dry my cars, from my vette to my daily drivers.  The blower gets the water from behind emblems and in the cracks and cuts my drying time and towel wringing considerably.  I washed 3 cars Saturday morning and used the same microfiber drying towel (slightly dampened) for all 3... never had to wring out the towel once for all 3 cars.  The blower I use  was bought during one of those "I wonder if that would work" moments at a discount tool place.  bought it for less than $20 and it works like a champ, big enough to do the job and small enough to handle easily. 

After listening to the Adams rep at Carlisle, I bought a sears leafblower last friday, they are on sale 10 bucks off...29.95 my son used it yesterday on moms jeep worked great.

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I use a leaf blower to find wind noises in cars at work!! I never thought of using it to DRY the car.. sounds like a great idea!!  As long as you don't siphon that shot blast into it and clean the paint off completly!

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i AGREE WITH l

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  I have two Chevron stations in Phoenix, one with a self-serve car wash. We had a "Touchless" system installed for the first 6 years and that system actually does MORE damage than the brush systems. Touchless uses very high pressure to remove dirt and grime AND molding, trim, light fixtures, fenders, hub caps, door handles, grills etc. These are just some of the parts we have found in our wash over the years! BTW: We find more BMW and Ford parts than any other...

 Two years ago, we installed a new system called SoftGloss MAXX that uses FoamBrite brushes, not the old style nylon; these are lightweight, closed-cell polymer cleaning material that is virtually waterproof and designed to prevent dirt from accumulating on the brushes. This system does MUCH better than other systems on the market IMO. BUT..... we still find car parts and still get complaints of damage! We have several warnings posted about this also stating we are not responsible.... Probably 1 in 200 cars lose something in our wash, sometimes they return for their parts, sometimes the unclaimed parts get status in my garage

  I have never and will NEVER use an automatic wash on any of my cars! I have seen several Corvettes, Bentley's and even a few Ferrari's go through our wash, many of them I personally warned, but they all say the same thing - "I have never had a problem".....

   Besides, for me, it is a kind of Zin thing I experience when washing the Vette by hand, a spiritual and emotional bonding experience - Everything that was bad in the world turns to good, ugly people are beautiful, the IRS is no longer my enemy and the amount of money I have spent on this C3 is all worth it!

So, in my opinion AND my firsthand experience with both styles of automatic washes - DON'T USE THEM!!

  BTW - Isn't it against the 10 Corvette Commandments to use one of those?!

I have run my 82 through the car wash several times. It clears the track just fine, the T Tops do not leak and the paint is already faded and needs to be redone. The only problem I had was when bubba tried to turn the key to lock without pressing the lever....he almost got it there too.
But if I spent $10k plus on show quality paint it would be a different matter.

Boy, did you touch on a hot subject with this question. I don't think I need to add much to this thread other than welcome to the site. I don't wash mine, I use Zano wax and duster when it needs it, then  the spray detailer when needed. It gets a good hand wash at the end of the year and another waxing.

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Car wash, OMG!!! Why would you do that when you can rub and caress your baby by hand? Mine doesn't get it often but when she does we spend some quality time together. LOL.

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